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Originally Posted by Koinonia
And what was Witness Lee's role?
It is vague and "spiritual" mumbo-jumbo. To cover for the fact that the real issue that opened up the brothers "dissension and rebellion" was the ongoing sexual assault perpetrated by the LSM Manager Philip Lee, and Witness Lee's decade-long cover-up and refusal to deal with it.
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Along side the corruption at LSM offices, brothers from around the globe were resisting the onslaught of domination over all the LC's.
The situation in TLR was no different in principle from what we see in the book of Galatians. Judaizers were sent from *Headquarters* to bring the churches under submission to them and not to the Head. Read what Paul wrote as he fought this same battle two millennia ago:
"And it was because of the false brothers, brought in secretly, who stole in to spy out our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into slavery. To whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might remain with you. But from those who had a reputation as being somebody (whoever they were means nothing, since God does not accept man's person) for to me those who had a reputation imparted nothing." -- Galatians 2.4-6
I doubt the Judaizers even cared about circumcising the Gentiles. It was all to "
make a show" anyways. Like LSM was doing behind the scenes, it was all about subjecting others under their control, because as we know power corrupts. Operatives from LSM, who supposedly had a "reputation" by being close to WL and PL were
not received by spiritual men.